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Fuji Has Been Forced to Buy
Photo Paper From Rival Agfa

By

Emily NelsonStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Oct. 31, 1996 12:30 a.m. ET

Fuji Photo Film Co. which has been aggressively signing contracts to supply major U.S. retailers with photo-finishing services, is purchasing photographic paper from a competitor to meet some of those contract obligations.

Fuji confirmed that it is buying color-photographic paper made by Agfa, a unit of Germany's Bayer AG, to supply photo-finishing services to some retailers. Neither Fuji nor Agfa would comment on quantities or prices, or say which retailers are affected.